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Push for intern teachers to be hired permanently

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Kuppet Deputy Secretary General Moses Nthurima and Secretary General Akelo Misori issue a strike warning on July 19, 2024. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]

A union wants the government to immediately hand permanent employment to the 46,000 teachers currently working as interns.

The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet), through its secretary general Akelo Misori, is also demanding the employment of 20,000 new intern teachers for junior secondary schools (JSS).

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